Notostylops
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| Notostylops Fossil range: early Eocene |
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Notostylops ("South Pillar Face") is an extinct genus of South American ungulate from the Eocene.
In life, Notostylops would have resembled a dog-sized rabbit and is suspected to have browsed on low-growing plants. Placing Notostylops in an ecological niche is difficult because it is not very specialized. Its tall skull housed rodent-like incisor teeth. Notostylops was about 75 cm (2 ft 6 in) long. Fossils of Notostylops occur in the Eocene of Argentina.
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